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Part 2 – Pre Pointe Assessment
A pointe assessment is an important factor in deciding whether or not a student is ready to progress onto pointe. The pointe assessment may be done by a health professional, such as a Physiotherapist or an experienced dance teacher. Very rarely will a student be ready...
Part 3 – Mimi’s First Pointe Shoes
Getting your first pointe shoes is always very exciting, and it was wonderful to be able to share the joy of this with Mimi and her mother when they visited Bloch in Bondi Junction. Having an experienced fitter is very important especially for your first pair of shoes...
Dance Australia Review – My Beginner Pointe
Dance Australia Review - My Beginner Pointe Vicki Attard and Lisa Howell share a philosophy about training for pointe work. Attard is a former Principal Dancer of the Australian Ballet who is now head of the Semi-Professional Program at Academy Ballet School in...
VMO Strengthening Exercises for Pointe Work
Some very important muscles that you need to work on strengthening for pointe work are your inner thighs and your VMO. Your VMO is the tear drop shaped muscle that sits about 5cm up, and 5cm in from the top of your knee cap. It is really important for you to be...
Top Tip #20 – Fraying Ribbons
Fraying ribbons is a common issue amongst younger dancers. You will often see a thread extending for quite a length, or a ribbon so badly frayed that it is almost too short!!! Stopping ribbons from fraying is an easy one. The first way to stop your ribbons from...
